[F1ANNEX IVU.K. F2...
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1749 of 7 October 2020 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items.
F2Annex 4 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/771, reg. 3(32)(a) (as substituted by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/806), regs. 1, 2(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
The entries do not always cover the complete description of the item and the related notes in Annex I (1). Only Annex I provides for the complete description of the items.
The mention of an item in this Annex does not affect the application of the provisions concerning mass-market products in Annex I.
The terms appearing in straight double quotes are defined terms in the global definitions list of Annex I.
PART IU.K.F3...
Items of stealth technology U.K.
Items of F4... strategic control U.K.
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Annex 4 Pt. 1 table heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/771, reg. 3(32)(c) (as substituted by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/806), regs. 1, 2(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Items of F5... strategic control — Cryptanalysis — Category 5 Part 2 U.K.
Textual Amendments
F5Words in Annex 4 Pt. 1 table heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/771, reg. 3(32)(d) (as substituted by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/806), regs. 1, 2(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Items of the MTCR technology U.K.
Exemptions: U.K.
Annex IV does not [F6apply to] the following items of the MTCR technology:
Textual Amendments
F6Words in Annex 4 Pt. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/771, reg. 3(32)(e)(i) (as substituted by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/806), regs. 1, 2(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
that are transferred on the basis of orders pursuant to a contractual relationship placed by the European Space Agency (ESA) or that are transferred by ESA to accomplish its official tasks;
that are transferred on the basis of orders pursuant to a contractual relationship placed by [F7the United Kingdom’s] national space organisation or that are transferred by it to accomplish its official tasks;
that are transferred on the basis of orders pursuant to a contractual relationship placed in connection with a [F8United Kingdom] space launch development and production programme signed by [F8the United Kingdom and one] or more European governments;
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Textual Amendments
F7Words in Annex 4 Pt. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/771, reg. 3(32)(e)(ii) (as substituted by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/806), regs. 1, 2(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in Annex 4 Pt. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/771, reg. 3(32)(e)(iii) (as substituted by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/806), regs. 1, 2(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in Annex 4 Pt. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/771, reg. 3(32)(e)(iv) (as substituted by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/806), regs. 1, 2(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Textual Amendments
F3Annex 4 Pt. 1 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/771, reg. 3(32)(b) (as substituted by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/806), regs. 1, 2(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
PART IIU.K.F10...
Items of the CWC (Chemical Weapons Convention) U.K.
1C351.d.4. | Ricin |
1C351.d.5. | Saxitoxin |
Items of the NSG technology U.K.
All Category 0 of Annex I is included in Annex IV, subject to the following:
0C001: this item is not included in Annex IV;
0C002: this item is not included in Annex IV, with the exception of ‘special fissile materials’ as follows:
(a)separated plutonium;
(b)‘uranium enriched in the isotopes 235 or 233’ to more than 20 %.
0C003 only if for use in a ‘nuclear reactor’ (within 0A001.a.);
0D001 (‘software’) is included in Annex IV except insofar as it relates to 0C001 or to those items of 0C002 that are excluded from Annex IV;
0E001 (‘technology’) is included in Annex IV except insofar as these related to 0C001 or to those items of 0C002 that are excluded from Annex IV.
1B226 | Electromagnetic isotope separators designed for, or equipped with, single or multiple ion sources capable of providing a total ion beam current of 50 mA or greater. Note: 1B226 includes separators:a. Capable of enriching stable isotopes; b. With the ion sources and collectors both in the magnetic field and those configurations in which they are external to the field. |
1B231 | Tritium facilities or plants, and equipment therefor, as follows: a. Facilities or plants for the production, recovery, extraction, concentration, or handling of tritium; b. Equipment for tritium facilities or plants, as follows: 1. Hydrogen or helium refrigeration units capable of cooling to 23 K (– 250 °C) or less, with heat removal capacity greater than 150 W; 2. Hydrogen isotope storage or hydrogen isotope purification systems using metal hydrides as the storage or purification medium. |
1B233 | Lithium isotope separation facilities or plants, and equipment therefor, as follows: a. Facilities or plants for the separation of lithium isotopes; b. Equipment for the separation of lithium isotopes, as follows: 1. Packed liquid-liquid exchange columns specially designed for lithium amalgams; 2. Mercury or lithium amalgam pumps; 3. Lithium amalgam electrolysis cells; 4. Evaporators for concentrated lithium hydroxide solution. |
1C012 | Materials as follows: Technical Note:These materials are typically used for nuclear heat sources. b. ‘Previously separated’ neptunium-237 in any form. Note: 1C012.b. does not control shipments with a neptunium-237 content of 1 g or less. |
1C233 | Lithium enriched in the lithium-6 ( 6 Li) isotope to greater than its natural isotopic abundance, and products or devices containing enriched lithium, as follows: elemental lithium, alloys, compounds, mixtures containing lithium, manufactures thereof, waste or scrap of any of the foregoing. Note: 1C233 does not control thermoluminescent dosimeters.Technical Note:The natural isotopic abundance of lithium-6 is approximately 6,5 weight per cent (7,5 atom per cent). |
1C235 | Tritium, tritium compounds, mixtures containing tritium in which the ratio of tritium to hydrogen atoms exceeds 1 part in 1 000, and products or devices containing any of the foregoing. Note: 1C235 does not control a product or device containing less than 1,48 × 10 3 GBq (40 Ci) of tritium. |
1E001 | ‘ Technology ’ according to the General Technology Note for the ‘ development ’ or ‘ production ’ of equipment or materials specified in 1C012.b. |
1E201 | ‘ Technology ’ according to the General Technology Note for the ‘ use ’ of goods specified in 1B226, 1B231, 1B233, 1C233 or 1C235. |
3A228 | Switching devices, as follows: a. Cold-cathode tubes, whether gas filled or not, operating similarly to a spark gap, having all of the following characteristics: 1. Containing three or more electrodes; 2. Anode peak voltage rating of 2,5 kV or more; 3. Anode peak current rating of 100 A or more; and 4. Anode delay time of 10 μs or less; Note: [F113A228.a.] includes gas krytron tubes and vacuum sprytron tubes.b. Triggered spark-gaps having both of the following characteristics: 1. An anode delay time of 15 μs or less; and 2. Rated for a peak current of 500 A or more; |
3A231 | Neutron generator systems, including tubes, having both of the following characteristics: a. Designed for operation without an external vacuum system; and b. Utilizing electrostatic acceleration to induce a tritium-deuterium nuclear reaction. |
3E201 | ‘Technology’ according to the General Technology Note for the ‘use’ of equipment specified in 3A228 or 3A231 above . |
6A203 | Cameras and components, other than those specified in 6A003, as follows: a. Mechanical rotating mirror streak cameras, as follows, and specially designed components therefor: 1. Streak cameras with writing speeds greater than 0,5 mm per microsecond; b. Mechanical rotating mirror framing cameras, as follows, and specially designed components therefor: 1. Framing cameras with recording rates greater than 225 000 frames per second; Note: In 6A203.a. components of such cameras include their synchronising electronics units and rotor assemblies consisting of turbines, mirrors and bearings. |
6A225 | Velocity interferometers for measuring velocities exceeding 1 km/s during time intervals of less than 10 microseconds. Note: 6A225 includes velocity interferometers such as VISARs (Velocity interferometer systems for any reflector) and DLIs (Doppler laser interferometers). |
6A226 | Pressure sensors, as follows: a. Shock pressure gauges capable of measuring pressures greater than 10 GPa, including gauges made with manganin, ytterbium, and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/polyvinyl difluoride (PVF 2 ); b. Quartz pressure transducers for pressures greater than 10 GPa.] |
Textual Amendments
F11Word in Annex 4 Pt. 2 substituted (20.4.2022) by The Trade in Dual-Use Items (Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/410), regs. 1, 2(3)
Textual Amendments
F10Annex 4 Pt. 2 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/771, reg. 3(32)(f) (as substituted by The Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/806), regs. 1, 2(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
[F1The differences in the wordings/scopes between Annex I and Annex IV are indicated with bold italic text.]